That, he seemed on the point of being at once released, when the tide in his favour met with some unexplained check (not intelligible to the Doctor), which led to a few words of secret conference.

• 达尔内差不多快被释放时，有利于他的潮流似乎受到了某种没有解释的阻挡（医生没弄明白），于是秘密开了个小会，交换了几句话。